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get-up-and-go

[get-uhp-uhn-goh] / ˈgɛtˌʌp ənˈgoʊ /




get up and go








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Some Sundays I get up and go to Mass. Other Sundays I sit around reading the papers or head out to the ski slopes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

One fighter, he says, finally told them: "OK, get up and go."

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

In my fantasy, I could sleep in really late and then get up and go have brunch.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

It’s up to the rest of us to get up and go out.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Bobby Gene made like he was gonna get up and go somewhere.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon




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